Abstract

VAN NIEKERK, T.L; HUA, T.  and  HATTINGH, D.G.. Experimental Implementation of Complex Curvature Friction Stir Welding. R&D j. (Matieland, Online) [online]. 2007, vol.23, pp.5-9. ISSN 2309-8988.

This paper presents an experimental set-up for complex curvature friction stir welding. By adding an additional rotation axis to the existing three translation axes and clamping system, a table-tilting multi-axis system was implemented to perform complex curvature friction stir welding. Orthogonal array experiments and statistical analyses were carried out to investigate the relationship between sensor data, process parameters and process conditions with multi-sensor and telemetry system.